Checkrein-holder.



No. 667,566. Patenied Feb. 5, I901.

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GHECKREIN HOLDER.

(Application fled Apr. 21, 1900.)

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ATENT NELSON ONEIL, OF KENT, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHECKRElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,566, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed April 21, 1900. Serial No. 13,792. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NELSON ONEIL, acitizen of the United States,residing at Kent, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsyl- Vania,have invented new and useful Improvements in Oheckrein-I-Iolders, ofwhich the following is a specification. v

Hy invention relates to improvements in checkrein-holders, and pertainsto a holder constructed and adapted to permit the driver to uncheck theanimal and to again check him when desired, all of which will be fullydescribed hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder or fastener forcheckreins whereby the driver can uncheck the animal from the buggy forthe purpose of enabling him to drink or when going uphill and againrecheck him from the buggy when desired, thus avoiding the necessity ofthe driver getting out of the buggy for the purpose of either checkingor unchecking the animal, as is required with the ordinary checkbook.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of mycheckrein-holder looking at the same from the top. Fig. 2 is a similarview looking at the same from the bottom. Fig. 3 is an enlargedtransverse sectional view of the holder, showing the parts in positionfor checking the animal. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the slidingmember of the holder drawn backward in the position for unchecking theanimal. Fig. 5 is a side view showing the movable member in its positionwhen the animal is unchecked.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, A is the casing of mycheckrein-holding holder, the said casing being of any desiredcross-sectional contour, and projecting from the lower side of thecasing is an arm B, which serves as means for attaching the holder tothe harness-saddle by means of rivets, bolts, or screws.

The upper wallb of the case A is preferably provided with a longitudinalslot 0, whereby the operating rein or strap D may be inserted into thecasing edgewise, as will be readily understood. This casing has,preferably, its bottom provided with a lockingaperture 01' and with anaperture 6, which allows the locking-pawl to drop through and to becarried back in the opposite direction.

Ooacting with the casing A is a sliding member E, which is made of asize to permit it to move freely through the casing A, and this slidingmember E is provided with a down wardly-projecting pivoted locking-pawlF, which has its extremity or free end reduced, forming abruptshoulders, said reduced portion adapted to enter the lockingaperture (1when the sliding member is drawn therein, said shoulders adapted to bearagainstthe bottom of the casing A, and by engagement therewith to lockthe sliding member against being drawn forward from the said casing forthe purpose of checking the animal, the checkrein h being connected withthe said sliding member, as illustrated. For the purpose of insuring thelocking pawl or member F engaging the locking-aperture e I provide themovable member with a spring i,which serves to hold the locking-pawldownward in engagement with the inner side of the bottom of the casing Awhen the sliding member is drawn therein.

The operating strap or rein D is preferably passed through a suitablenumber of rings he, carried by one of the drivingreins G, and extendsback to the buggy,where the driver can draw upon the same for thepurpose of pulling the sliding member backward within the case A.

In operation when it is desired to uncheck the animal the driver pullsupon the operating rein ,or strap D, thus pulling the sliding memberEbackward within the case A a short distance until the locking-pawl Ffalls through the aperture e. The driver then releasing theoperating-strap, the animal can lower its head in that the forward walln of the aperture 6 will reverse the position of the lockingpawl andhave it extend backward instead of forward, and when the animal isunchecked the sliding member is carried out of the case A and thelocking-pawl hangs down. In this position when the driver pulls upon theoperatingrein D to draw the sliding member within the case, the end ofthe case reverses the pawl and carries it in engagement with the spring43 and in a forwardly-extending position, whereby it will interlock withthe walls of the locking-aperture e and hold the checkrein in thechecked position.

Preferably the forward end of the case A is enlarged outward, as shownat 3, whereby the sliding member E is readily drawn within member hasreached the position for checking the animal.

For the purpose of preventing the driver from drawing the sliding memberbackward through the rear end of the case, I preferably provide thecheckrein h with a stopping member sufliciently large to prevent itentering the forward end of the case A. This stopping member is hereshown as consisting of a ring, though it may be of any other desiredform. The stopping memberis situated a distance in advance of thelocking-tongue slightly greater than the distance between the forwardwall of the aperture 6 and the locking-aperture, whereby the rearwardpull of the driver cannot be suflicient to draw the sliding member fromthe rear end of case, and the clicking sound will indicate to the driverin the checking of the animal when the locking tongue or pawl is inengagement with the locking-aperture.

By means of a device as herein shown and described, a driver is enabledat pleasure to uncheck and again recheck his animal without thenecessity of getting out of the vehicle, which is necessary with theordinary checkhook connection.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-- 1. Adevice of the character described,comprisinga stationary casing having a lockingaperture a movable member adapted toslide in said casing and a pivoted pawl carried by the movable memberand adapted to enter the locking-opening on its forward movement andadapted to fallin a vertical position when drawn backward after it haspassed the rear end of the supporting-wall of the stationary casing,whereby the pawl is reversed and the movable member adapted to slidethrough the stationary member, substantially as described.

2. Adevice of the character described comprising a stationary casing, amovable member adapted to slide therein, a locking-pawl carried by themovable member, the stationary casing having a locking-aperture near oneend and a second aperture near the other end of a size to allow the pawlto drop through and reverse itself, substantially as described.

3. A device of the character described comprising a stationary member, amovable member adapted to slide therein, a spring-pressed pivoted pawlcarried by the movable member, the stationary member having at one endan opening adapted to receive a portion of the said pawl and an enlargedopening near the other end adapted to allow the pawl to drop through andreverse itself, substantially as described.

4. A device of the character described comprisingastationary member,amovable member adapted to slide therein, said member having a pawlhaving a reduced outer free end, the stationary casing having at one endan opening to receive the free outer reduced portion of the pawl andnear the other end of the casing from the opening at is an opening of asize to allow the pawl to drop through, whereby the said member isallowed to be drawn forward and the direction of the pawl reversed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NELSON ON EIL.

Witnesses:

H. S. THOMPSON, M. MAY DAVIS.

